Helsinki

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Finnish Helsinki. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɛlˈsɪŋ.ki/ enPR: hělʹsǐngʹkē === Proper noun === Helsinki The capital city of Finland; a municipality, the capital of the region of Uusimaa, Finland. Synonym: (obsolete) Helsingfors (metonymic) The Finnish government. ==== Derived terms ==== Helsinkian ==== Translations ==== == Afrikaans == === Etymology === Borrowed from Finnish Helsinki. === Proper noun === Helsinki Helsinki (the capital city of Finland; a municipality, the capital of the region of Uusimaa, Finland) ==== Derived terms ==== Helsinkiër Helsinkies == Azerbaijani == === Proper noun === Helsinki Helsinki (the capital city of Finland; a municipality, the capital of the region of Uusimaa, Finland) == Breton == === Proper noun === Helsinki Helsinki (the capital city of Finland; a municipality, the capital of the region of Uusimaa, Finland) == Danish == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Helsinki (?) Helsinki (the capital city of Finland; a municipality, the capital of the region of Uusimaa, Finland) Synonym: (dated, rare) Helsingfors == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Finnish Helsinki. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɦɛlˈsiŋ.ki/, (less common) /ˈɦɛlˌsiŋ.ki/, /-sɪŋ-/ Hyphenation: Hel‧sin‧ki === Proper noun === Helsinki n Helsinki (the capital city of Finland; a municipality, the capital of the region of Uusimaa, Finland) ==== Synonyms ==== Elsenfors (obsolete) == Finnish == === Etymology === Borrowed from vernacular Swedish Helsinge, itself probably derived from *hälsing- (found in e.g. Hälsingland, Helsingborg ~ Hälsingborg), a derivative of hals (literally “neck”) (perhaps Old Swedish hals > hälsinge), here referring to a narrow part of a flowing body of water. Helsinki is located on the delta of the river Vantaa, so the name would refer to the rapids of that river. Indeed, Vanhankaupunginkoski, the rapids around which Helsinki was founded, was called Helsinge fors (literally “Helsinki rapids”) in older sources; this is also the origin of the current Swedish name Helsingfors. In the past the city was considered to have been named after the Swedish province of Hälsingland, on the grounds that Helsinki would have initially been settled by people from Hälsingland, but this is no longer considered likely (instead, the largest group seems to have been those from Uppland). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhelsiŋki/, [ˈhe̞ls̠iŋk̟i] Rhymes: -elsiŋki Syllabification(key): Hel‧sin‧ki Hyphenation(key): Hel‧sin‧ki === Proper noun === Helsinki Helsinki (the capital city of Finland; a municipality, the capital of the region of Uusimaa, Finland) Synonyms: (abbreviation) Hki, (colloquial, Helsinki) Stadi, (colloquial, rest of Finland) Hesa ==== Declension ==== The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Helsinki" is Helsingissä. ==== Derived terms ==== == French == === Pronunciation === (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɛl.siŋ.ki/ === Proper noun === Helsinki f Helsinki (the capital city of Finland; a municipality, the capital of the region of Uusimaa, Finland) == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɛlzɪŋki/, (less often also) /hɛlˈzɪŋki/ === Proper noun === Helsinki n (proper noun, genitive Helsinkis or (optionally with an article) Helsinki) Helsinki (the capital city of Finland; a municipality, the capital of the region of Uusimaa, Finland) == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈhɛlsiŋki] Hyphenation: Hel‧sin‧ki Rhymes: -ki === Proper noun === Helsinki Helsinki (the capital city of Finland; a municipality, the capital of the region of Uusimaa, Finland) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== helsinki == Icelandic == === Proper noun === Helsinki n (proper noun, indeclinable) Helsinki (the capital city of Finland; a municipality, the capital of the region of Uusimaa, Finland) == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Finnish. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /elˈsin.ki/, (careful style) /ˈɛl.sin.ki/ === Proper noun === Helsinki m Helsinki (the capital city of Finland; a municipality, the capital of the region of Uusimaa, Finland) == Latvian == === Proper noun === Helsinki m pl (1st declension) Helsinki (the capital city of Finland; a municipality, the capital of the region of Uusimaa, Finland) ==== Declension ==== == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Finnish Helsinki. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xɛlˈsiŋ.ki/ Rhymes: -iŋki Syllabification: Hel‧sin‧ki Homophone: helsinki === Proper noun === Helsinki nvir pl (related adjective helsiński) Helsinki (the capital city of Finland; a municipality, the capital of the region of Uusimaa, Finland) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Helsinki in Polish dictionaries at PWN Helsinki in PWN's encyclopedia == Portuguese == === Proper noun === Helsinki f (proscribed) alternative spelling of Helsinque ==== Usage notes ==== The Portuguese-Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 recommends the use of nativized placenames (instead of unadapted borrowings or partial calques) if these are established in the language. As such, the forms Helsinque or Helsínquia are preferred. == Serbo-Croatian == === Proper noun === Hèlsinki m inan (Cyrillic spelling Хѐлсинки) Helsinki (the capital city of Finland; a municipality, the capital of the region of Uusimaa, Finland) == Slovak == === Etymology === Borrowed from Finnish Helsinki. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɦɛɫsiŋki/ === Proper noun === Helsinki f pl (genitive singular Helsínk, declension pattern of žena) Helsinki (the capital city of Finland; a municipality, the capital of the region of Uusimaa, Finland) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Helsinčan m Helsinčanka f helsinský === References === “Helsinki”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 == Slovene == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xɛ̀ːlsinki/ === Proper noun === Hélsinki m pl Helsinki (the capital city of Finland; a municipality, the capital of the region of Uusimaa, Finland) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Hélsinčan / Hélsinčanka hélsinski === References === “Helsinki”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran “Helsinki”, in Termania, Amebis See also the general references == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xelˈsinki/ [xelˈsĩŋ.ki] Rhymes: -inki Syllabification: Hel‧sin‧ki === Proper noun === Helsinki ? Helsinki (the capital city of Finland; a municipality, the capital of the region of Uusimaa, Finland) ==== Related terms ==== == Turkish == === Etymology === From Finnish Helsinki. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [hælˈsinci] Hyphenation: Hel‧sin‧ki === Proper noun === Helsinki Helsinki (the capital city of Finland; a municipality, the capital of the region of Uusimaa, Finland) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Helsinkili == Võro == === Proper noun === Helsinki (genitive Helsinki, partitive Helsinkit) Helsinki (the capital city of Finland; a municipality, the capital of the region of Uusimaa, Finland) ==== Inflection ==== This noun needs an inflection-table template.